In the years 1735 – 1756, 84 death sentences were commuted and 16 executions reported. In the period 1757 to 1799, there were 486 death sentences passed of which 128 were carried out, plus 1 possible. It is possible that 3 further executions took place in this period.
| Execution date | Name | Crime |
| c. August 1735 | John Amus | Murder of Dodd, turnkey of Oxford |
| F 10 September 1736 | John Lloyd | Robbery in a dwelling house |
| c. April 1737 | Thomas Savage | Murder |
| Hanged in chains 12 miles from Warwick | ||
| F 13 April 1739 | Mary Brittain | Murder of her bastard |
| “ | John Jones | Horse theft |
| “ | William Butler | Burglary |
| W 14 April 1742 | Robert Mansell Wilmot | Highway robbery |
| “ | John Andy | Housebreaking |
| Lent 1744 | John Jeffrey | Murder of his wife |
| No reprieve traced. Execution likely | ||
| Th. 25 April 1745 | David Smith | Murder of his wife |
| Lent 1748 | Charles Wright | Sheep theft |
| No reprieve traced. Execution likely | ||
| F 18 November 1748 | Thomas Sideway | Horse theft |
| Summer 1749 | William Hunter | Broke out of gaol & robbed gaoler |
| No reprieve traced. Execution likely | ||
| F 13 April 1750 | William Priest | At large |
| S 21 April 1753 | James Williams | Highway robbery |
| F 1 August 1755 | Samuel Hawkforth | Murder of Eleanor Keatley |
| S 17 April 1756 | James Edwards | Highway robbery |
| W 25 August 1756 | John Collins & | Riot at Nuneaton |
| “ | Edward Cross | Riot at Nuneaton |
| S 14 May 1757 | Thomas Heritage | Sheep theft |
| F 26 August 1757 | Joseph Butler | Highway robbery |
| “ | John Clarkson | Highway robbery |
| S 5 April 1760 | John Webb | Murder of Elizabeth Masters |
| F 7 August 1761 | Richard Corden | H/T coining |
| Th. 12 August 1762 | Anne Morrell | Murder of her bastard |
| S 17 September 1763 | John Smith | At large |
| Th. 3 May 1764 | John Browne | Horse theft |
| W 17 April 1765 | Edward Drury, | Murder of Thomas Edwards |
| “ | Robert Lesley & | “ |
| “ | Moses Baker | “ |
| Hanged at Stoneleigh Common afterwards in chains there | ||
| F 6 September 1765 | George Carter | Highway robbery |
| F 3 April 1767 | Michael Allum | Murder of William Muddyman |
| S 25 April 1767 | Henry Capes | Highway robbery |
| W 9 August 1769 | John Armstrong | Housebreaking |
| F 10 May 1771 | William Jenkinson | Housebreaking |
| “ | Charles Hasloe | Burglary |
| W 22 April 1772 | John Jones & | Highway robbery |
| “ | Joseph Robinson | Highway robbery |
| M 12 April 1773 | Edward Glasrott | Sacrilege stealing from a church |
| S 21 August 1773 | James Duckworth | H/T coining |
| M 19 March 1774 | John Cliff | Sacrilege stealing from a church |
| Tu. 9 August 1774 | William Cranmore | Highway robbery |
| F 5 May 1775 | Thomas Aldridge | Highway robbery |
| Summer 1775 | Hannah Saunders | Highway robbery |
| No reprieve traced, execution possible | ||
| M 15 April 1776 | William Whick | Housebreaking |
| “ | Edward Baker | Burglary |
| Th. 20 August 1778 | Alice Curtis | Murder of her bastard |
| “ | Mary Knight | Murder of her son, Roger (6) |
| F 26 March 1779 | Robert Jones | Murder of Josiah Connep |
| F 16 April 1779 | John King & | Highway robbery |
| “ | James Edmonds | Highway robbery |
| “ | John Colborne | Burglary |
| Aug/Sept 1780 | John Shepherd | Burglary |
| M 2 April 1781 | John Donnellan | Murder of Sir Thodosius Boughton |
| M 2 April 1781 | John Hammond & | Murder of Wilfred Barwick |
| “ | Thomas Pitmore | Murder of Wilfred Barwick |
| Hanged at Washwood Common, afterwards in chains there | ||
| W 18 April 1781 | John Leviston | Burglary |
| W 12 September 1781 | Richard Hopkins, | Rape |
| “ | John Griffiths & | Rape |
| “ | John Murphy | Rape |
| S 29 March 1783 | John Clay | Murder of Ann Hands |
| Hanged in chains at Chilvens Coton | ||
| F 11 April 1783 | James Knight & | Robbery in a dwelling house |
| “ | Joseph Knight | Robbery in a dwelling house |
| “ | Walter Bakewell | Highway robbery |
| M 26 April 1784 | Guy Earl | Housebreaking |
| “ | James Griffith | Burglary |
| “ | William Stringer | H/T coining |
| F 27 August 1784 | Thomas Buckler & | Burglary |
| “ | John Buck | Burglary |
| F 22 April 1785 | Elizabeth Green | Stealing in a dwelling house |
| “ | John Chatburn | Cattle theft |
| “ | Samuel Smith | Stealing in a dwelling house |
| “ | Samuel Packwood | Housebreaking |
| “ | John Slight | Horse theft |
| “ | John Shardlove | Horse theft |
| S 13 August 1785 | John Richardson | Highway robbery |
| M 3 April 1786 | Eleanor Haywood | Murder of her bastard |
| “ | William Wood | Murder of Rebecca Brindley |
| S 15 April 1786 | William Prested | Sheep theft |
| “ | John Thay (17) | Horse theft |
| “ | Ann Sutton | Theft |
| M 2 April 1787 | John Barnes | Burglary |
| F 20 April 1787 | David Wright | Privately stealing from the person |
| “ | John Swift | Highway robbery |
| F 24 August 1787 | John Nicholls | Burglary |
| “ | George Whittall | Highway robbery |
| “ | Charles Hunt | Rape |
| “ | John Wilmot | Highway robbery |
| F 18 April 1788 | John Hawkes | Highway robbery |
| “ | Joseph Huckwill | Highway robbery |
| “ | William Turrell | Privately stealing from the person |
| Former member of the “Culworth Gang” of whom 4 were hanged at Northampton in 1787 | ||
| F 25 July 1788 | Brian M’Mahon | Murder of William Whitmore |
| F 8 August 1788 | John Smith | Highway robbery |
| Former member of the “Culworth Gang” of whom 4 were hanged at Northampton in 1787 | ||
| “ | William Giles | H/T coining |
| F 1 May 1789 | Thomas Hall | Highway robbery |
| F 28 August 1789 | Matthew Delane | Highway robbery |
| F 16 April 1790 | Thomas Longshaw & | Burglary |
| “ | Thomas Wiggins | Burglary |
| “ | William Cooksey | Cattle theft |
| “ | Richard Cox | Horse theft |
| “ | Richard Francis, | Highway robbery |
| “ | John Johnson, | Highway robbery |
| “ | William Collis & | Highway robbery |
| “ | Charles Hargrove | Highway robbery |
| F 15 April 1791 | William Terry | Burglary |
| “ | Richard Gill | Burglary |
| “ | Edward Harris | Burglary |
| Th. 8 September 1791 | Francis Field | Riot |
| “ | John Green | Riot |
| “ | William Millinton | Horse theft |
| “ | Edward Brown | Highway robbery |
| F 20 April 1792 | William Pears, | Highway robbery |
| “ | Richard Pearson & | Highway robbery |
| “ | James Wright | Highway robbery |
| “ | Luke Parker | Theft |
| “ | Benjamin Phillips | Housebreaking |
| F 7 September 1792 | Daniel Ryan | Burglary |
| F 26 April 1793 | Richard Palmer | Forgery |
| “ | Ann Cooke | Highway robbery |
| “ | Bickley Barnes | Highway robbery |
| F 16 August 1793 | William Downs (17) | Burglary |
| “ | James Wilson (16), | Robbing Birmingham Coach Office |
| “ | Edward Revey | Robbing Birmingham Coach Office |
| “ | James Clarke | Robbing Birmingham Coach Office |
| M 2 September 1793 | John Wyatt | Horse theft |
| F 14 August 1795 | James Price & | H/T coining |
| “ | John Lappidge | H/T coining |
| “ | Richard Orton | Forgery |
| “ | Margaret Boulker | Riot |
| “ | John Ward | Riot |
| M 28 March 1796 | Patrick Welch, | Murder of Joseph Pinfold |
| “ | William Howard & | Murder of Joseph Pinfold |
| “ | William Ridley | Murder of Joseph Pinfold |
| F 8 April 1796 | William Allen | H/T coining |
| F 5 August 1796 | Thomas Ward | Burglary |
| M 3 April 1797 | John Brown | Murder of Sergeant Cartwright |
| S 15 April 1797 | Charles Hawkins | Horse theft |
| “ | Richard Tallis | Sheep theft |
| “ | Edward Walker | Horse theft |
| F 20 April 1798 | William Parsons & | Burglary |
| “ | John Robinson | Burglary |
| “ | Francis Holmes | Sheep theft |
| “ | John Chandler | Sheep theft |
| “ | George Knight | Sheep theft |
| “ | Thomas White | Sheep theft |
| F 12 April 1799 | William Jameson | Horse theft |
| “ | James Buck | Highway robbery |
| F 9 August 1799 | John Smith | Housebreaking |
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